Marketplace - Sept. 4, 2009
Mercury Marine workers approve contract offer
Voting of the third time, members of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) Local 1947 in Fond du Lac approved a "best and final" contract offer from Mercury Marine today.
Tags: Voting of the third time, members of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) Local 1947, Fond du Lac, Stillwater, OK, Doyle

Politics - Oct. 1, 2008
Foreclosure relief comes too late
At first glance, Tuesday's announcement that $39 million in federal funds will be available to help redevelop foreclosed properties throughout the state seemed like a great idea.
Tags: foreclosure, doyle, HUD

Politics - April 25, 2008
Getting MPS off the bus
Busing issues in Milwaukee Public Schools always get the big headlines -- sometimes too big. Take, for instance, a recent banner announcing a new plan for MPS that would reduce "massive busing," a plan envisioned by new School Board member Michael Bonds.
Tags: Rezko, Doyle, MPS, busing, Bagojevich, Wisconsin Club for Growth, Scott Walker, Rick Graber, Lee Holloway, Theo Lipscomb, ethanol, I-94, Feingold

Marketplace - Feb. 26, 2008
NML's Zore is bullish on Milwaukee
Edward Zore recalls the day in 2003 very clearly. He was walking out of a meeting in the Milwaukee Club at 706 N. Jefferson St. Downtown with then-newly elected Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle and then-cabinet member Marc Marotta.
Tags: nml, zore, franklin, doyle, norquist

Politics - Jan. 23, 2008
Gousha's new show set to debut this weekend
Veteran journalist Mike Gousha officially returns to Milwaukee TV this Sunday, hosting a news magazine called "UP Front with Mike Gousha" on WISN-TV.
Tags: gousha, doyle, wisn, tv news, UP Front with Mike Gousha

Politics - Nov. 28, 2007
What concerns voters now
What's the most important issue facing the state these days? According to a recent poll by St. Norbert's College, it's high taxes and government spending.
Tags: Doyle, St. Norbert, Ashanti Hamilton, Milwaukee River, Milwaukee Country Club, River Hills, Johnson Health Clinic, Mercy HOusing Lakefront, Isaac Coggs Clinic, Club Escape

Politics - Oct. 24, 2007
New contributors get into old style politics
A recent Wisconsin Democracy Campaign investigation found a unique class of politically-active students in the Badger State -- those that gave some $86,243 to state candidates between 2002 and June 2007.
Tags: state budget, doyle, fire and police commission, hegerty, barrett, common council, alderman, election

Politics - Oct. 17, 2007
Johnny's Rose wilted
The venerable Johnny's Yellow Rose has finally hit the road. The tavern, at 2325 S. 13th St., has for years irked neighbors over noise, fights, drug dealing and a general nose-thumbing attitude by owner Juan Sendejo Sr.
Tags: Doyle, MCTS, DNR, Johnny's Yellow Rose, Sendejo, Witkowiak, Willie Wade, Club Carnival, Biketoberfest, NRA, Libertarian, Crandon, Patrick Cudahy, CRG

Politics - Aug. 29, 2007
Going for the guns
Gov. Jim Doyle’s headline grab in introducing an anti-crime package aimed at Milwaukee didn’t excite everyone.
Tags: guns, NRA, Doyle, Breske, Clara Mohammed, MPS, Montessori, Woodson, Xcellar8, Ke'Laff, DPI, Trust for America's Health, obesity

Politics - Aug. 15, 2007
Budget time fills some legislators' bank accounts
Despite the semi-annual hand wringing and brow-beating over the fact that state lawmakers accept campaign contributions while they are writing the budget, the practice continues bigger than ever.
Tags: doyle, wasserman, democrats, scott walker, republicans, tommy thompson, iowa straw poll, kanavas, plale, colon, lazich, sinicki

Politics - July 11, 2007
Table play increases in casino battle royale
The Menominee tribe -- which wants to build a Kenosha casino, with the help of a Connecticut tribe -- formed a front group, "Casino Competition for Wisconsin,” countering an already-active campaign by the Potawatomi of Milwaukee.
Tags: casino, kenosha, potawatomi, mohegan, lawton, doyle, republican, democrat, barrett, menominee, tribe

Politics - June 8, 2007
The greater good should fuel the energy debate
Should the government just stand back and let the free market decide which products, technologies and energy sources proliferate and which ones perish?
Tags: energy, fuel, doyle, burke

Politics - May 23, 2007
Milwaukee Women's Center packs up
Offices of the Milwaukee Women’s Center were packed up in two semi trailers over the weekend after the group was reportedly evicted from its posh offices in the former Lawyers Title Building at Michigan and Broadway.
Tags: Milwaukee Women's Center, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, D'Amato, Hissom, Doyle

Politics - April 27, 2007
Latest political alias? The Realtors
The barrage of political issue ads from front groups of major political players continues this week as the Wisconsin Realtors Association debuted its new alias, the Wisconsin Homeowners Alliance. It’s target: Gov. Doyle’s proposed increase in the real estate transfer fee.
Tags: environment, realtors, doyle, democrats, republicans, barrett, donovan, dudzik, kleefisch, PAC, lobbyist, tax, KK river, Milwaukee River, Kinnickinnic, Hank Aaron Trail

Politics - April 6, 2007
Score one for the business lobby
With the resounding victory by conservative Supreme Court candidate Annette Ziegler, expect an even more emboldened campaign effort next year from Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, the state’s big business mouthpiece and lobby group.
Tags: ziegler, doyle, barrett, wisconsin, republican, democrat, grain exchange, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, Euro Bar, MPD